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FREE WEED IS ALL THE BUZZ IN D.C.'S POT 'GIFTING ECONOMY'
Savvy ganja-preneuers have found a way to turn this cannabis grey market into a lucrative pot bazaar... READ MORE›
MY GUNS OR MY GANJA? FIREARM-OWNING POT FANS FACE A CHOICE
And last month, a police chief in Hawaii publicized and then quickly rescinded a directive that medical marijuana patients had to give up their handguns... READ MORE›
US CITY MAYORS STAND UP FOR CANNABIS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN
Cannabis is banned by federal law but it has become legal in one form or another in a number of states, most recently California... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA DEFIANT IN FACE OF FEDERAL MOVE TO GET TOUGH ON MARIJUANA
And on marijuana, once again California reacted with defiance... READ MORE›
MARIJUANA INDUSTRY DISMISSING FEARS OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE
Marijuana sales became legal in California on Monday and shops across the Coachella Valley attracted customers... READ MORE›
CANADA'S AURORA CANNABIS TO BUY STAKE IN ORGANIC MARIJUANA GROWER
Aurora will get the rights to buy up to 20 percent, or more than 20,000 kilograms of Green Organic Dutchman's annual production of organic cannabis at full capacity... READ MORE›
POT ANALYSTS AREN'T FREAKING OUT ABOUT SESSIONS' ORDER JUST YET
This policy shift will further hamper efforts to increase the cannabis industry's access to traditional banking products... READ MORE›
UNCERTAINTY ROILS AMERICAN MARIJUANA INDUSTRY OVER FEARED FEDERAL CRACKDOWN
Michigan permits medical marijuana, and voters this fall may be asked to legalize recreational cannabis... READ MORE›
TRUMP 'TO CRACK DOWN ON LEGAL CANNABIS'
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will repeal a Justice Department 2013 memo which instructed federal prosecutors to deprioritise federal cannabis crimes... READ MORE›
JEFF SESSIONS REPORTEDLY TO REPEAL OBAMA-ERA LAW ALLOWING STATES TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA
Mr Sessions will instead let federal prosecutors where pot is legal decide how aggressively to enforce federal marijuana law, the people said... READ MORE›
U.S. TO END POLICY THAT LET LEGAL POT FLOURISH, SOURCES SAY
Sessions will instead let federal prosecutors where pot is legal decide how aggressively to enforce federal marijuana law, the people said... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA AIMING HIGH, WANTS TO BECOME WORLD'S TOP POT EXPORTER WHEN TRADE OPENS IN FEBRUARY
On 24 February 2016, Australia legalized medicinal cannabis on a federal level, subject to state and territory regulations... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIANS RING IN 2018 WITH NEW POT LAW
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department issued a warning over the weekend that drive baked, get booked... READ MORE›
I TOKE THEE TO BE MY WIFE
But here in Los Angeles, the world's most important cannabis market, a rebranding is under way... READ MORE›
ON JAN. 1, POT BECOMES JUST ANOTHER LEGAL BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA
California is one of five states, plus Washington, D.C., that followed suit... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA POT SMOKERS HOPING TO BUY JAN. 1 MAY HAVE TO WAIT
Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many municipalities that won't have their licenses ready by the time marijuana sales become legal on New Year's Day... READ MORE›
IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH HOPES FOR 'GREEN RUSH' WITH ADVENT OF LEGAL POT
Although eight other states and the capital Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, none compare to the sheer size of California... READ MORE›
IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH HOPES FOR 'GREEN RUSH' WITH ADVENT OF LEGAL POT
Although eight other states and the capital Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, none compare to the sheer size of California... READ MORE›
AS CALIFORNIA LEGALIZES POT, LAWS COLLIDE AT U.S. CHECKPOINTS
Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder that state and federal laws collide when it comes to pot... READ MORE›
POT STOCKS SOAR AS CALIFORNIA GETS READY TO GET HIGH
The three work well together, he said, noting his AdvisorShares Vice ETF includes an allocation of about 20 percent cannabis-related stocks... READ MORE›
COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA HELP YOUR DOG?
Melinda Hayes, who runs a medical cannabis delivery service in Los Angeles, gives TreatWell's cannabis tincture to Diva, her arthritic 12-year-old rescue dog... READ MORE›
HIGH PRAISE: POT CHURCHES PROLIFERATE AS STATES EASE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA
Nationally, such churches have opened in Indiana, where marijuana remains illegal, and Michigan, where medical marijuana is allowed... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA OPENS WAY FOR LARGER MARIJUANA FIELDS
California released long-awaited rules Thursday that will govern the state's emerging legal marijuana industry, while potentially opening the way for large... READ MORE›
CANNIMED TELLS SHAREHOLDERS TO WAIT WHILE IT REVIEWS AURORA OFFER
CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. is urging shareholders to wait until the company has time to review an unsolicited takeover offer by Aurora Cannabis Inc. before doing anything... READ MORE›
ISRAEL WANTS TO START EXPORTING ITS CANNABIS AROUND THE WORLD
The agency hasn't yet approved a botanically derived medical cannabis product... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY BECOMES FIRST TO OFFER DEGREE IN MARIJUANA STUDIES
But, states that legalise marijuana could face a foe in the federal government... READ MORE›
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CANNABIS INDUSTRY ROILED BY WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS ON ENFORCEMENT
Congress has prohibited the Justice Department from interfering with states' medical marijuana programs but has remained silent about recreational marijuana... READ MORE›
GATEWAY TO DRUGS BORDER CITY IN A LEGAL POT WORLD
Now that adult-use, recreational marijuana is legal in California -- and still illegal in Arizona -- Blythe could be the gateway to green... READ MORE›
THIS SMALL ALBERTA VILLAGE COULD SOON BE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARIJUANA FACTORY
The village's neighbour is Aurora Cannabis, a major -- and legal -- marijuana production facility that's about to get even bigger... READ MORE›
LEGALISE CANNABIS AS TREATMENT OF LAST RESORT FOR MS, SAYS CHARITY
Legalise cannabis as treatment of last resort for MS, says charity... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA SAYS MARIJUANA SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE 'CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL'
Marijuana legalization advocates have been frustrated at what they see as Mr Obama's unwillingness to use his bully pulpit to advocate for their cause... READ MORE›
MARIJUANA INDUSTRY ANGERED BY WHITE HOUSE REVERSAL
New Frontier Data says the cannabis industry will create more than 283,000 jobs by 2020... READ MORE›
LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS 'ONLY SOLUTION TO CRIME AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS'
Report by Adam Smith Institute says UK's drug strategy 'has failed in its core aims' and urges government to legalise cannabis... READ MORE›
All three states have already decriminalized pot and have approved medical marijuana... READ MORE›
REPORTER WHO QUIT ON AIR TO FIGHT FOR POT LEGALIZATION COULD FACE DECADES IN PRISON
The state was the first to legalize cannabis for in-home use in the 1970s and passed a formal medical law in 1998... READ MORE›
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION: NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO OPPOSES POT LEGALIZATION ON SAFETY GROUNDS, PROMOTES ALCOHOL
Cuomo has long promoted the alcohol industry, whose donors have bankrolled his election campaigns and whose businesses could be adversely affected by marijuana legalization... READ MORE›
CANADA FACES CHOICE ON INTERNATIONAL DRUG TREATIES OVER LEGALIZED POT
Legalizing pot will violate international treaties What should Canada do?... READ MORE›
BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS GROWING OWN POT STRUCK DOWN BY FEDERAL COURT
Federal Court strikes down ban on medical marijuana patients growing own pot... READ MORE›
COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA BE YOUR NEXT EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT?
A small number of other self-insured Canadian health benefit plans already cover medical marijuana in certain circumstances... READ MORE›
TRAFFICKED AND ENSLAVED: THE TEENAGERS TENDING UK CANNABIS FARMS
The NSPCC is so concerned by the exploitation of trafficked Vietnamese children that staff refer to UK-produced cannabis as blood cannabis ... READ MORE›
PLAY SCHOOL LIGHTS UP INTERNET WITH ACCIDENTAL BONG
An old Play School craft episode, in which the hosts appear to be making a homemade bong, is giving Australian adults a bit of a giggle... READ MORE›
IN URUGUAY'S MARIJUANA EXPERIMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR POT DEALER
A potent strain of marijuana known as Colombian Red with flowers ready to harvest at a cannabis club greenhouse in Montevideo, Uruguay, on June 22... READ MORE›
EMPLOYERS WANT OTTAWA'S HELP TO DEAL WITH MARIJUANA-SMOKING WORKERS
Lack of hard science on marijuana impairment and testing raises concerns among employers over safety... READ MORE›
MOST MARIJUANA MEDICINAL BENEFITS ARE INCONCLUSIVE, WIDE-RANGING STUDY FINDS
Controversially, the 1999 report found that marijuana could indeed reduce nausea, but that it could also help treat pain... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTS COLORADO OFFICIALS ABOUT CANNABIS CASES
Trump And Marijuana Justice Department Contacts Colorado Officials About Cannabis Cases... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS JUSTICE CRACKDOWN ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA
Eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use... READ MORE›
AN 8-YEAR-OLDS TRAGIC ILLNESS TESTS MEXICOS BAN ON MARIJUANA USE
If the family can obtain the product, Grace could become the first person to legally use marijuana in Mexico... READ MORE›
CANADA'S NEW GOVERNING PARTY PROMISES TO LEGALIZE, REGULATE MARIJUANA SALES
Border states Alaska and Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, as have Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia... READ MORE›
'COMMERCIALIZATION WON OUT': WILL LEGAL MARIJUANA BE THE NEXT BIG TOBACCO?
Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhood... READ MORE›
MR. OBAMA, YOUR IRAN DEAL WILL FALL APART
If President Obama doesn't treat the Iran agreement with more respect all his arguments today are beside the point... READ MORE›
SOON ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA COULD GET A JOINT DELIVERED FASTER THAN A PIZZA
California's medical marijuana industry is currently worth just under 3 billion, according to Josh Drayton, deputy director of the California Cannabis Industry Association... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT TO OPEN ITS FIRST LEGAL CANNABIS SHOPS AND IT'S POSING A HUGE PROBLEM FOR LOCAL POT FARMS
June's struggles embody a contradiction at the heart of California's burgeoning legal marijuana economy, which is set to fully launch in 2018... READ MORE›
MARIJUANA IS KOSHER FOR PASSOVER, LEADING RABBI RULES
The occasional use of cannabis in community gatherings is broadly tolerated as a centuries old custom... READ MORE›
EX-POLICE CHIEF TO HEAD PRO-LEGALISATION NATIONAL CANNABIS COALITION
Tom Lloyd, who will chair new cannabis law reform umbrella group, says he regrets arresting drug users during his career as a police officer... READ MORE›
WHAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON STATE AFTER VOTERS LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
It compares past-month marijuana use rates among 8th-, 10th- and 12th-graders in Washington gray, Colorado white and states where recreational marijuana is illegal dark blue ... READ MORE›
'PARK THOSE BIASES': COLORADO'S ADVICE TO CANADA ON LEGAL POT
Bracing for an impact on teenage marijuana smoking rates, Wolk said Colorado used an aggressive program targeting teens with education, surveillance and research... READ MORE›